George Clinton v. Will Adams et al Doc. 31 1 CALDWELL LESLIE & PROCTOR, PC LINDA M. BURROW, State Bar No. 194668 2
[email protected] HEATHER PEARSON, State Bar No. 235167 3
[email protected] 1000 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 600 4 Los Angeles, California 90017-2463 Telephone: (213) 629-9040 5 Facsimile: (213) 629-9022 6 Attorneys for Defendants UMG RECORDINGS, INC. 7 (a named defendant and erroneously sued as UNIVERSAL 8 MUSIC GROUP, INC.) 9 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 10 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 11 WESTERN DIVISION 12 13 GEORGE CLINTON, an individual, Case No. CV 10-9476 ODW (PLAx) 14 Plaintiff, 15 UMG DEFENDANTS’ ANSWER TO v. COMPLAINT 16 WILL ADAMS, p/k/a will.i.am, 17 individually and d/b/a WILL.I.AM Complaint Filed: December 10, 2010 MUSIC PUBLISHING, an individual; 18 et al. Trial Date: None Set 19 Defendants. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 CALDWELL LESLIE & PROCTOR UMG DEFENDANTS' ANSWER TO COMPLAINT Dockets.Justia.com 1 Pursuant to Rule 8(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Defendants 2 UMG Recordings, Inc., on its own behalf and erroneously sued as Universal Music 3 Group, Inc. (collectively, the “UMG Defendants”) hereby answer the Complaint of 4 Plaintiff George Clinton (“Plaintiff”). If an averment is not specifically admitted, it 5 is hereby denied. 6 INTRODUCTION 7 1. Answering paragraph 1, the UMG Defendants admit that the Complaint 8 seeks the stated relief, but deny any liability to Plaintiff whatsoever. The UMG 9 Defendants further admit that the song entitled “Shut Up,” performed by the Black 10 Eyed Peas, was first released in 2003 and that remixes of “Shut Up” were released 11 in 2003 and 2009.